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Tobacco consumption declines across states, dry Bihar consumes more alcohol than Maharashtra: NFHS-5 -Shreya V Bapat, Rachel Gaikwad, Mahadev Bramhankar and Nand Lal Mishra

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Alcohol consumption among women aged 15 years and above highest in north-eastern states

Five years since the sustainable development goals of the United Nations came into force, we ask ourselves: How is India and its states progressing towards the goals directly dealing with tobacco (SDG 3.a) and alcohol (SDG 3.5) use?

These are critical goals, not only because the aspects they deal with are well evidenced in proving detrimental to an individual, but also because substance abuse has many severe consequences to societies and communities as a whole.

Tobacco consumption declined across most states in India in the past decade-and-a-half, according to the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS).

The latest data on the first round of NFHS-5, 2019-20 provided data on alcohol and tobacco consumption for men and women aged 15 and above for 22 states and Union territories; NFHS-4 had reported the same for men and women aged between 15 and 49.

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